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Wednesdsay October 13, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A3 F o o d d r i v e Photo by Barrie Erskine Roy Awrey, who has been volunteering at Oakville's Fareshare Foodbank for nine years, begins the task of sorting donations to the Speers Road facility. The Thanksgiving food drive was better than the one last year and represents 60% of the total yearly collections for food. Fall book sale at library, Nov. 4-7th 0 The Friends of the Library are holding their annual fall book sale Nov. 4th -7th at the Oakville Central Library, 120 Navy St. Each spring and fall, the Friends (a non-profit fundraising and advocacy group) sell used books by the pound. The money raised is put toward Oakville Public Library services and enhancements. In its short five years of existence the group has raised over $ 60,000 through these Book Sales, an annual Reading Room Raffle sponsored by Oakville Place Mall, and the sale of $10 Annual Memberships. Shopper's will find it hard to beat the bargains found in a diverse selection offered for just $.95/pound. Featured in the sale are Children's books, adult fiction/non-fiction, refer­ ence materials, encyclopedias, other languages, and many lifestyle books (including How Tos, computers, gar­ dening, and cooking). The sale, which takes place in the Central Library Auditorium opens to the public after a Friends 'Members Only' sale event Thursday, Nov. 4th, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Thursday evening a $10 Friends of the Library mem­ bership gives members the opportunity to make advance purchases prior to the public sale dates. Advance one-year memberships are available at the Library and will also be sold at the 'Members Only' event. The public are invited to attend the sale starting Friday, Nov. 5th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 6th from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 7th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Prices are reduced by 50% at Sunday's sale. For further details contact the Friends at 815-2042. o n t a r g e t By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville's generosity is such that Fareshare Foodbank's Thanksgiving drive has surpassed last year's five-day total and appears to be on track for a suc­ cessful week-long run. According to Fareshare spokesman Dudley Clarke, 27,800 pounds of dona­ tions had arrived in Fareshare's Speers Road warehouse as of Monday. Over the same period in 1998,26,700 pounds had been collected, 33,800 pounds in total. "We're a little above right now so hopefully we're going to make it," said Clarke, who explained that 12 members of Knights of Columbus have been help­ ing out, just as they are during every Fareshare food drive. "It was Monday that pushed us ahead." The annual event, which runs through Thursday, is Fareshare's most important drive of the year, usually producing 60% of the foodbank's annual requirements. In Toronto donations have dropped a little, possibly due in part to last week's arrest in conjunction with a fraudulent foodbank in Brampton. Clarke says he has no way to know whether this bad press has had an effect on Oakville but judging from the donations, local charity has been relatively immune. "There has never been the slightest hint that anything is not above board in Oakville," said Clarke, who has been involved with Fareshare for seven years. Even without this year's final tally, • Clarke remains very opti­ mistic. "Based on pre­ vious years, I know we will have a stock of everything," he said. The public is being asked to save the brown paper bag contained in last Wednesday's Oakville Beaver, fill it and drop it off at Fareshare Foodbank, locat­ ed at 1240 Speers Rd., Unit 6. Its doors will be open between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the food drive. Donations can also be dropped off at all of Oakville's seven fire stations and its two Loblaws stores. Non-perishable items of any kind are welcome, including baby food. The foodbank is always running out of meat products, fruit, apple juice and jam. Cash or cheques (for which income tax receipts will be issued) are also encouraged so that Fareshare can go to local stores and purchase what it requires. Cheques can be sent to 1240 Speers Rd., Unit 6, Oakville, Ontario, L6L2X4. The profits from Fareshare's annual Labour Day Monster Bingo help pay the rent, ensuring that most of the money donations can be used to buy food. For more information call 847-3988. While there has been a reduction in the number of clients over the past year, Fareshare is still providing food to 240 families, or about 750 people, more than half of whom are children. Fareshare Foodbank, which is run entirely by volunteers, has served needy Oakville families since 1988. No support is received or solicited from any level of government. I n f a n t c a r s e a t s a fe ty te s ts The Burlington Detachment of the OPP hosts a Car Seat Safety Clinic today at Mapleview Mall in Burlington. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is being held in partnership with Sears and The Baby Store at Mapleview. On hand will be OPP officers, Trauma Prevention Council mem­ bers and Red Cross volunteers to check the installation of your car seats. Anyone attending the clinic will be eligible to win a car seat courtesy of Sears. The clinic is free of charge and there will be no tickets issued for improper installation of seats. At past clinics the OPP found that 33% of car seats are incorrect­ ly installed. The Infant Toddler Safety Association indicates that incorrect installations can be as high as 90%. 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